Visit the SAGE Research Methods Virtual Open House! It runs through March 18. Open access to SAGE Publications ebooks, chapters, articles, case studies and videos! Log-in info and tips for navigating: https://www.methodspace.com/tag/open-house.

If your library has SRM, learn how to use these resources for designing studies, teaching or supervising research, or disseminating the findings. If your library doesn’t have this resource, or you are an alt-academic/pracademic without academic library access, use this opportunity to discover and download resources.

Thinking about a qualitative research methods course update for the digital age? Doing Qualitative Research Online covers ethical and theoretical foundations, as well as a wide range of approaches to collect or generate data. In addition to finding appropriate extant data, the book encourages researchers to explore ways to elicit data online through interviews or focus groups, or to use enacted methods such as arts-based and experiential methods.

See the SAGE Publications companion site for instructional ideas including a sample syllabus, assignments, media, and (open access) articles.

From an instructor’s blog: “Everyone in the class liked the text. It is well organized, informative, and clearly written. There are great charts and tables throughout that illustrate the points being made, and students appreciated this component.”

You are invited to join our 10th bi-annual Moodle MOOC (MM10) from May 1 – June 4, 2017. The MOOC is completely free with live online sessions via WizIQ and teacher training on Moodle for Teachers Moodle 3.2.2 site.

I will be presenting a session on A Hybrid Moodle Model on Thursday, May 11
11:00 AM EST/3:00 PM UTC. Your time zone is here.

Click to enroll now and on the syllabusfor further information. The MOOC is suitable for beginners and current and past Moodle teachers and managers. The badges and a certificate of completion will be awarded to everyone who completes course tasks. The course and badges are free of charge.

Teach methods? Want to convey a holistic view of research design and conduct? Use research cases! Post with (free) case & learning activities now online on SAGE Methodspace. Use the comment area to share your examples.

How can we teach students to be inquisitive? Critical thinking and mindsets open to inquiry are needed, whether or not students are preparing to conduct empirical research. In this webinar, we will explore ways to use updated inquiry models of instruction (Weil, Joyce, & Calhoun, 2015) and experiential research activities in curricular or methods courses.

Learning to Research, Researching to Learn

Free webinar, as part of the Connecting Online conference by educators, for educatorsFriday February 3
11 AM EST 4 PM UTC
No registration needed! Just log in http://bit.ly/2iTJWBg

It is essential in this time to change the ways we teach– whether we work with children or adults. They need the opportunity to develop skills needed to scrutinize, dig deeper, and ask hard questions! In the process, perhaps they avoid taking information they receive at face value, and can better understand the importance of scientific, evidence-based approaches. And these skills and mindsets prepare them to be future researchers!